Matthew Charles Wiman is an American mixed martial artist. He competes as a lightweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Wiman was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 5. He has also competed in the WEC, WEC B and WEC C.
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Matthew Charles Wiman is an American mixed martial artist. He competes as a lightweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Wiman was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 5. He was the second pick for B. J. Penn’s team on the show. He has also competed in the WEC, WEC B and WEC C. He is the son of former UFC fighter, Mikey Burnett. He graduated from Broken Arrow High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2002. His first professional fight came on August 14, 2004. He entered the Extreme Fight Night tournament organized by kickboxer, Dale Cook. He won 3 fights that night to become the Extreme Fighting League Middleweight Champion. He defended his title for a third and final time on November 12, 2005 at Battle at the Brady 2 against Thomas Grissom.
His next fight was against Japanese judoka Michihiro Omigawa at UFC 76. On April 18, 2009, Wiman faced Canadian striker Sam Stout at UFC 97 in Montreal, Quebec. He lost via unanimous decision. He was scheduled to fight Rafael dos Anjos on September 19, 2009 at UFC 103, but was forced to withdraw because of a knee injury. On December 12, 2009,. Wiman defeated Shane Nelson at UFC 107 via first round submission. On January 23, 2008, he fought Justin Buchholz at UFC Fight Night 12 in New York City. After a brief struggle to secure the rear naked choke, he forced him to submit at 2: 58 of the first round, giving him his third straight UFC victory.
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